The circus kept people happy for several centuries before Rome finally fractured.

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Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:35:37 +0000http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=228685#comment-2189160If anyone believes he wasn’t informed I have the acreage to sell. It’s on the lower portion of my property and in the interest of fair warning it would be subject to flooding during a tropical or extra-tropical storm.
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Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:27:44 +0000http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=228685#comment-2189150I realize some already know this, but in case you missed it:

A week before the election, an FBI whistleblower went to a Republican member of Congress with explosive details about a national security scandal that could have stopped President Obama’s re-election campaign dead in its tracks. But the potentially devastating “October Surprise” was hushed up by Republicans….

…Despite the explosive nature of the allegations, two Republican members of Congress, Dave Reichert and Eric Cantor, decided to pass on the information to the FBI director and take no action themselves. They didn’t even inform their colleagues on the House Intelligence Committee or in the House leadership. It was a terrible mistake on their part that enabled Obama to escape the damaging repercussions of the scandal right before what many conservatives called the most important presidential election of our lifetimes.

…The whistleblower undoubtedly thought that the Republicans would take the information and act on it, exposing the high-level cover-up before the presidential election. Instead, Cantor was content to let FBI Director Robert Mueller, who was re-appointed by Obama, handle the investigation.

But Cantor knew at that point, because of what the whistleblower had told him, that Mueller had not informed Congress about the probe and was failing to hold Petraeus accountable for his affair and the handling of the classified information. So turning the information over to Mueller was the equivalent of muzzling the whistleblower.

…By going to Mueller, Cantor put the FBI whistleblower’s career in jeopardy. This helps explain why the whistleblower is fast becoming the subject of various negative news reports about his personal life. He trusted the Republicans and they failed him.

Off Topic – I’m using an Apple computer, running FireFox (and Safari) and the “Hot Air” logo at the bottom of the screen often blocks my ability to log in. Usually only a problem if the comments extend all the way to the bottom of the page. Is this unique to my set-up, or are others experiencing the same problem? (I had to find a newer topic, that had fewer comments, so I could log in.) Right now the “submit” button is partially blocked by the Hot Air logo. Gads!

Hill60 on November 14, 2012 at 2:24 PM

That bug in particular started a week or so ago. I always see enough of a sliver of the button I need though, to make it work.